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International Federation of Surveyors
Fédération Internationale des Géomètres Internationale Vereinigung der Vermessungsingenieure |
FIG Newsletter – June/July 2023 |
Dear Colleague,
"Howdy" sounded the welcome greeting from the President of the National
Society of Professional Surveyors, USA, Robert Akins, at the Opening
Ceremony of the FIG Working Week 2023 in Orlando, Florida. And there was
certainly something to look forward to. Many activities, many sessions, much
learning, many new and old acquaintances, learning about American culture. A
lot of positive and vibrant attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, partners,
helpers, mixed with friendly and hospitable local organisers... At the
General Assembly FIG President presented her Work Plan and visions for the
coming four years. Read the report from the Working Week and the special
report on the General Assembly to get updated on what is happening in and
around FIG.
Although the Working Week 2023 took place recently, it is already time to
look forward to and plan the upcoming FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra, Ghana.
FInd here more information about the theme and call for papers.
Other activities have been going on, too. FIG President Diane Dumashie
attended the ESRI User Conference, there are two upcoming commission events
and through FIG you can attend Intergeo.
Read on - this newsletter is packed with information...
FIG WORKING WEEK 2023
FIG General Assembly 2023 - Minutes
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The new work plans and visions for the coming terms were introduced at the General Assembly which also included introduction of new members, a new honorary president and honorary member.
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"Howdy" - FIG Working Week report
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The national host NSPS welcomed participants from near and far to join in the many and varied activities of this years Working Week in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to all who joined and a special thanks to all sponsors and exhibitors.
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FIG
Working Week 2027 in Stavanger Norway
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At the General Assembly 2023 FIG Member Associations elected Stavanger, Noway as destination for FIG Working Week 2027. Thanks to the two bidders from Nepal and Norway. |
Thanks to all the Working Week Sponsors:
FIG Working Week 2024 - Call for papers
Join us for the FIG Working Week 2024 in Accra Ghana. The FIG Working Week 2024 is organised in cooperation with the two national associations Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana (LiSAG) and Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS). Discover the beautiful country of Ghana, get a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Accra together with your colleages from all over the world.
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With the overall theme of the Working Week: |
The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development adopted by all United Nation as Member States in 2015 provides a shared blue print, that at its heart has five key dimensions: people, planet, partnership, peace and prosperity. With less than ten years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, world leaders have called for a decade of action and delivery for sustainable development, and pledged to achieve the Goals by the target date of 2030, leaving no one behind. FIG Working Week 2024 will build on the FIG vision to ‘Serve society, benefitting people and the planet’ will focus on tackling the global challenges as these specifically relate to the wellbeing of our Planet and natural resources.
Natural resource use relate to all three internationally accepted dimensions of sustainability, which are social justice, environmental health and economic development. Poorest countries suffer directly from an increasing polluted and degraded environment and the result of global politics on resource ownership, use and extraction.
Taking the lead from Agenda 2023 “We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations. Sustainable development and climate action are inextricably linked and both are vital to achieving the SDG’s.
Further, the importance of education, capacity building and above all the involvement of the youth will be a key feature of our diversity and inclusion of all. That geospatial technology and policies plays a key role in connectivity and sustainability which with adequate regulations and continuing innovation is becoming a major tool to ensure resilient environment and sustainable natural resource management.
We invite your engagement and submission of papers that provide insights for debate and action in topics that contribute to the advancement of a greener and more resilient world and encourage high quality contributions of researchers and practitioners in the following overall topics:
Land And Mineral Resources
Water, Oceans
Land Management and Governance incl. Urbanisation/RuralGeospatial
Technology and Ethics
Start already now to prepare your attendance in Accra by submitting your abstract.
Deadline for peer review abstract and full paper: 1 October 2023
Deadline for abstract for regular paper: 1 November (NB
Full paper 8 January 2024)
Read the full call for papers
Call for papers in pdf
Follow the Working Week Preparations at: www.fig.net/fig2024
NEWS FROM FIG
President Diane Dumashie attends 2023 ESRI National Geospatial Executive Forum and User Conference
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As panelist in the National Geospatial Executive Forum President
Dumashie gave a summary report of take-aways from the Executive
Forum day. |
Strategy Workshop on Women's Land Rights and the Rio Conventions
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The Workshop aimed to build synergy and a shared understanding
attended by UN organisations, Governments, and not-for-profit
organisations and was attended by FIG Ambassador Clarissa
Augustinus. |
2nd International Land Management Conference
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Hosted by LINK (Land-International Network of Knowledge) at
University of West England (UWE), Bristol, UK, 11-12 June 2023 |
Romanian Surveying Week
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Vice president Kwame Tenadu Snr attends the Romanian Geodesy Week
and the General Assembly of the council of European Geodetic
Surveyors (CLGE) in Oradea – Romania from the 10 – 13 May 2023 |
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
July 2023
The article of the month in July 2023 is a recording from the FIG Working
Week 2023:
Clarissa Augustinus: Global
Land Outlook and Protecting our World. In this introduction and
recording that is offered to you in this "Video of the Month
Series" Clarissa Augustinus outlines some of the key climate challenges
facing our planet and the vital role that surveyors play in addressing the
climate crisis.
Read the introduction and
watch the video
June 2023
The article of the month in June 2023 is a recording of theFIG
Congress 2022 Keynote: How the Land profession skills may thrive in the post
2020 pandemic world - Insights from across the Generations: Geography,
Governance and Volunteering A panel of different generations with
Victoria STANLEY, Marc VANDERSCHUEREN, Israel TAIWO, Shirley CHAPUNZA and
Tomasz MALINOWSKI share their insights on how all four of the generations
in the work place will shape the next normal.
Watch the video
SPECIAL EVENTS
Digital Transformation for Responsible Land Administration
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FIG Commission 2 and 7 are inviting to their joint annual meeting
2-4 October 2023
at the Locatie Punt, Deventer (Overijssel), hosted by the
Netherlands Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster)
and ITC, University of Twente.
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Mitigation Strategies for the SDGs: Harnessing Spatial Information
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FIG Commission
3 Workshop and Annual Meeting 4-6 December 2023, Tel-Aviv,
Israel Held in conjunction with the international Ramon GeoInt360
conference. Special VIP
early bird tickets available until 15 September (tick the FIG3
box when registering). Registration fee is waived for authors of
accepted abstracts(one author per abstract) |
Intergeo 2023 - the latest updates from the surveying and geospatial industry
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Through FIG you can secure your free ticket to the large fair
Intergeo that will take place 10-12 October 2023 in Berlin, Germany
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NEWSLETTERS AND REPORTS
Newsletters:
Reports:
- GLTN - 9th GLTN Partners meeting report held in May 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
Check the events page
20-23 August 2023, Hong Kong
Global Smart Cities Summit and 3rd International Conference on Urban
Informatics (GSCSA & ICUI 2023) organised by Hong Kong organised by The Hong
Kong Polytechnic Universityand International Society for Urban Informatics
(ISUI)
Website: https://isocui.org/icui2023/index.html
27-29 September 2023, Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
5th Congress on Cadastre organised by Geodetic Society of Herceg-Bosnia
More information
2-4 October, Deventer The Netherlands
FIG Commission 2 and 7 Annual Meeting:
More information
8-10 November 2023, Gyeonggi Provice, Republic of Korea
Smart GEO Expo 2023, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and
Transport of the Republic of Korea with LX, Land and Geospatial Informatix
Corporation as Secretariat and organizer and supported by LH, Korea Land and
Housing Corporation.
Website:
8-10 November 2023, Kintex 2 Exhibition Center, Republic of Korea
FIG Young Surveyors Network Asia and the Pacific 4th Regional Meeting
Invitation: https://www.facebook.com/events/781184816844824/?ref=newsfeed
21-24 November 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2023 conference on Land Policy in Africa - Protecting Sustainable Land
Governance in Africa for Accelerated Implementation of the African
Continental Free Trade Area organised by Africa Union, ECA, African
Development Bank Group
Concept
note
Call
for papers
4-6 December 2023, Tel-Aviv, Israel
FIG Commission 3 Workshop and Annual meeting “Mitigation Strategies for the
SDGs: Harnessing Spatial Information”; held in conjunction with the 2nd
Ramon International Geospatial Intelligence 360 (GeoInt360) Conference
Website: http://geoint360.com
FIG Commission 3: We encourage you to use the VIP early
bird tickets, available until 15 September at https://secure.eventmagix.com/2023_geoint360
(tick the FIG3 box when registering).
Call
for papers
Kind regards,
Ms. Louise Friis-Hansen
Director
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FIG Working Week 2025, 1-5 May, Brisbane, Australia Web site: www.fig.net/fig2025 |
FIG Working Week 2027, Stavanger, Norway
FIG Working Week 2028, Paris, France - Celebrating FIG 150th Anniversary
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